Teaching Channel
Witness the results as students facing minor crimes are tried by a jury of their peers. Parents learn strategies to help prevent bullying. See how rotating workstations help students learn from each other. D

3:00 pm

Growing Old in a New Age"Illness and Disability"
Examines chronic health problems and availability of supportive services. Older people discuss how they cope with physical and mental illness and face tough decisions regarding institutionalization and costs of long-term care. D

4:00 pm

Art of the Western World"Age of Reason, An Age of Passion"
Part I: The playful fantasy and provocative subjects of the Rococo style practiced by Watteau, Fragonard, and Boucher gave way to strict Rationalism, which insisted on morality in art and the purity of classical form, as seen in the works of David. Part II: Striving for individual expression, Romantic painters Goya, Gericault, and Delacroix demonstrated a range of styles and subjects. D

5:00 pm

Burt Wolf: Taste of Freedom"Kwanzaa"
From December 26 to January 1 is a holiday of reflection, an opportunity for African Americans to celebrate their roots in Africa.G

Burt Wolf: What We Eat"The Hand That Stirred The Pot: African Foods In America"
Burt seeks the origins of peanuts, bananas, watermelon, rice, yams and okra.G

6:30 pm

Ciao Italia"Festival of the Seven Fishes/La Festa Dei Sette Pesci"
Mayor of Boston Thomas M. Menino and Mary Ann celebrate their Italian American heritage by preparing a Christmas Eve banquet called "The Feast of the Seven Fishes." Starting with baccala, then skillet fried shrimp, then tuna, smelts, swordfish, calamari and clams, the tradition continues, and so do their appetites!. D

7:00 pm

Burt Wolf: Travels & Traditions"Christmas In Vienna, Austria"
Christmas is observed in cities throughout the world, but the festivities in the Austrian city of Vienna are unique. Burt joins the celebration, explains the ancient history and meaning of Christmas, tours Vienna's famous Christmas markets, and discovers why we have Christmas trees. He takes us inside the magnificent castle of the Habsburg family and unravels the story of how they became the most powerful rulers in Europe by using their marriages instead of their military. D

7:30 pm

Heirloom Meals Christmas
Hosted by culinary artist and public-radio personality Carole Murko, HEIRLOOM MEALS CHRISTMAS celebrates the holiday season by delving into America's rich and diverse culinary history and honoring tried-and-true recipes and dining traditions. As she did in Heirloom Meals Thanksgiving, Murko seeks to "savor yesterday's traditions today" while paying tribute to the dying art of cooking from scratch. She contrasts the Mexican-American tradition of making tamales on Christmas Eve with the old-world Austrian-American custom of preparing a Christmas goose. D

8:30 pm

Burt Wolf: Taste of Freedom"Christmas"
Burt tells how the Christmas tree came indoors, what the First Ladies do for holidays, and how department stores create holiday windows.G

Rick Steves' Europe"Tuscany's Dolce Vita"
Rick explores the small towns and rural countryside of Tuscany. He hunts for truffles in an oak forest, nibbles through an artichoke festival, shares a farmhouse feast, climbs the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and rides in a classic convertible through the cypress groves of Mona Lisa's backyard.G

11:00 pm

Learning Math: Measurement"Video 9. Measurement Relationships"
Examine the relationships between area and perimeter when one measure is fixed. Determine which shapes maximize area while minimizing perimeter, and vice versa. Explore the proportional relationship between surface area and volume. D

11:30 pm

Learning Math: Measurement"Video 10. Classroom Case Studies, K"
Watch this program in the 10th session for K-2 teachers. Explore how the concepts developed in this course can be applied through case studies of K-2 teachers (former course participants who have adapted their new knowledge to their classrooms), as well as a set of typical measurement problems for K-2 students. D